Scouting with IHunter/crown land atlas

Hey guys, newer hunter here, looking to expand my crown land hunting territory.

I’ve been using the IHunter app with the added crown land/private land layer for a few years now. I’m always mindful not to trespass onto private property.

While digitally scouting crown land, I’ve noticed there’s quite a few parcels of crown land that appear to be landlocked by private property. Sometimes, however, these parcels of crown land have small tracts of land that are approximately the width of a public road running beside them.

Is it safe to assume these tracts of land are municipally owned and could be considered public right of ways? I’ve attached a photo of an example from iHunter, however, similar scenarios can be found online on the crown land atlas as well. The tract I’m referring to runs along the south side of the purple parcel.

https://i.ibb.co/GpNT5kF/IMG-9756.png

Those tracts of land will probably be township right of ways which occur every so many hundred or two hundred acre lots. You first problem in using a township right of way is what are the boundaries, most are not surveyed so you would not know where you really are walking. Does the Township allow hunting on its road allowance even if it is surveyed and marked out?

There is a possibility it may also be a private right of way but that would be in smaller parcels, shore allowances and what not.

It gets pretty complicated and some of the Crown land marked as such is not accurate and up to date.

Here is some bedtime reading https://hgrgp.ca/news-and-articlespa...access-issues/

The property lines to the south could also be a rail line, gas line, or a road allowance that has not been 'opened', I am not clear on these rules. Others on this forum may know more than me, but for a definitive answer you could try asking the local township who maintains that property regarding access in the area in question.

I checked my iHunter app and the red line indicates a WMU boundary line. The grey property lines adjacent to the red line is most likely Hydro property, typically in my area the Hydro company allows foot access only, no hunting and no motorized vehicles, but I am just basing this on the size of the boundary lines.

As a side note, in my experience, the locals may try to chase you out so take some documentation with you to show otherwise its a he said she said thing.

I should clarify; I’m not looking to hunt in these tracts, but simply travel along them to get to the crown land.

It’s tough to show these features in screen shots due to scale, but these tracts are often KM’s long and intersect with other similar tracts forming larger grids as you zoom out.

My hope is that I could navigate these tracts to gain access to the crown land that is otherwise landlocked by private properties. I would be using my GPS to stay within these boundaries.

Thanks for the replies, I’m going to reach out to the municipality and see what they say.

I have experience in title searching and from what I can see it appears to and is consistent within a road allowance. If you’re located in an organized municipality, you can get confirmation at the office. If it’s an unorganized area, the MNR can provide advice.